We are pleased to highlight our very first LIBER-OCLC Innovative Awardees for 2021 — Henk van den Hoogen from the University Library Maastricht and Timon Oefelein from Springer Nature. Background to the Awardee/Institution Maastricht University (UM) is renowned for its unique, innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterised by a small-scale, student-oriented approach. Research at […]
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s LIBER Award for Library Innovation, sponsored by OCLC. This award is given to the three abstracts which best describe innovative work within the overall theme of the Annual Conference, based on criteria such as the level of innovation, the impact on the wider library community, originality and the quality […]
LIBER–OCLC Innovation Awards 2020 WINNER – Arjan Schalken The annual LIBER Award for Library Innovation was instituted by LIBER with the support of OCLC. Every year we recognise the three abstracts which best describe innovative work within the overall theme of each specific LIBER Annual Conference. The award was originally intended to support the physical participation of […]
The annual LIBER Award for Library Innovation was instituted by LIBER with the support of OCLC. Every year we recognise the three abstracts which best describe innovative work within the overall theme of each specific LIBER Annual Conference. The award was originally intended to support the physical participation of awardees, enabling them to travel to the LIBER Conference. […]
The annual LIBER Award for Library Innovation was instituted by LIBER with the support of OCLC. Every year we recognise the three abstracts which best describe innovative work within the overall theme of each specific LIBER Annual Conference. The award was originally intended to support the physical participation of awardees, enabling them to travel to […]
A week after our 49th Annual Conference (online due to Covid-19) officially ended, all session materials are now online. Two of our sessions were very popular. During both the panel session — From Frenemies to Trusted Partners: How transformation collaboration between libraries and publishers is essential to launch new OA business models — and the […]
LIBER’s first ever virtual conference, LIBER 2020 Online, is now officially over. Thank you to everyone who made our week such a success. The conference attracted a massive 5,544 registrations from over 1,700 people, including staff in 276 LIBER institutions. In one week, we had: 2 Panel Sessions 3 Winners of the LIBER Award for […]
There were 11 submissions to the LIBER 2020 virtual poster session. All authors were asked to share their posters on Twitter, and we promised to make two awards at the end of conference week. Top Poster Abstract – For the poster receiving the highest assessment from the Conference Programme Committee. People’s Choice – For the […]
During our LIBER 2020 Annual Conference week, we asked you to put your running shoes on and show us How To Run A Library. We were so impressed with the entries we received – 27 in total (see them all here). Well done to all the creative and passionate people in our library community! It’s […]
Think you know how to run a library? Show us by taking part in our LIBER 2020 Selfie Contest! We challenge everyone who’s registered for the conference to get some fresh air between sessions and put on their running shoes. Any distance counts! Take a selfie and post it on Twitter (#howtorunalibrary and #liber2020). Bonus […]